The Challenge

Immediate partnered Castrol GT to set out to amplify the Renault F1 Partnership and drive awareness for Castrol products.

The challenge included:

• Harness the ‘Join the Team’ opportunity; amplifying to gain maximum exposure of the Renault F1 relationship
• Create fresh content based on Castrol’s needs
• Execute against ambitious timings
• Create a unique content story and amplify it for motorsport enthusiasts and mechanics
• Make heroes of engineers and mechanics – portray them and their work as vital to team success
• Deliver a pan-European media solution and meet ambitious quality video view KPIs
• Align Castrol Edge with the best in motoring and motorsport

The Idea

Working closely with the client, Immediate created an innovative idea for a unique collaboration.

Immediate recruited Marcello D’Aprile – a 21-year old MEng (Master of Engineering) student at Imperial College, to be the face of the campaign.

Unique content was created, celebrating Castrol’s role with Renault F1 and celebrating mechanics.

On-brand content included:

• A series of ‘Big Read’ native articles
• Video content
• A three-day race weekend blog
• Tailored print content
• Huge social amplification
• Pan-European coverage

The Results

• 32% of respondents recall seeing the campaign
• The campaign was seen as being a good fit with Top Gear. Respondents also picked up on the key campaign associations around Castrol, F1 and Renault
• In particular, readers felt that they better understood the benefits of a partnership between Renault and Castrol, as well as displaying the expertise of Castrol engineers
• Consideration and purchase were the two main post-campaign actions, highlighting the value of performance to their audience
• Awareness and favourable perception of Castrol Edge were boosted significantly by campaign recall
• Awareness has increased since their 2015 campaign, indicating that successive waves of activity have improved awareness of the products among respondents, while recall is especially important to changing perception of them
• Campaign recall was vital in driving recommendation for Castrol products
• Nearly two-thirds of respondents follow F1 ‘Closely’ or ‘Very closely’. Campaign recall drove association between Castrol and F1 by 55%
• Respondents felt that the Castrol products stood for ‘Quality’ and ‘Performance’. These measures, along with ones specifically relating to motorsport, were all enhanced by campaign recall